Ke Meiyu scoffed, "Oh, so I'm just a tool, huh?"
"You are great heroes who bring blessings to the people. I'm sorry, but I, as a mere tool, don't have such lofty ideals. I'd better stay away, lest you get upset and let the Devouring Beast suck away all my good luck."
Qi San's eyes widened. "Aren't you going to save your aunt's family?"
Ke Meiyu tilted her head, looking innocent and naive, and said, "You are fortune tellers, so you should know that everyone has their own destiny. Whether I interfere or not, they will follow their predetermined path."
"All this talk of defying fate and helping others avoid disaster is just a facade. What's meant to happen can't be avoided no matter what!"
The Qi family members couldn't help but be shocked upon hearing this.
They have inherited metaphysics and have a deep understanding and insight into the concept of fate.
As Ke Meiyu said, fate is predetermined, and no matter how much effort others put in, that person's trajectory will not deviate. Fortune tellers, however, merely seize upon turning points in fate to make a fuss and gain fame.
For example, if an ordinary child performs exceptionally well and gets a high score, the fortune teller can accurately predict this, but will tell the parents to buy some lucky charms at a high price.
Therefore, parents attribute their children's high scores to the fortune teller's accuracy, rather than the children's hard work!
But Brother Qi couldn't help but argue, "If we follow Comrade Ke's logic, our fate is already sealed, so whether we try or not doesn't matter? Do you think money will just fall from the sky while we sit at home?"
"Heh, that's sophistry," Ke Meiyu chuckled. "Sigh, I thought your Qi family was so powerful, but it turns out they're nothing special. They have to rely on me to solve their problems."
"Alright, you guys have fun, I'm going back to sleep!"
The Qi family members involuntarily took half a step forward, forcibly suppressing the words of pleas for them to stay.
Once everyone had gone far away, Qi San kicked the tree trunk in a fit of rage, then clutched his foot and screamed in pain.
"Isn't it said that Ke Meiyu is a good-for-nothing? Can we just say something to scare her and she'll willingly become bait?"
Old Man Qi said with a gloomy face, "She is even more timid and afraid of death, otherwise she wouldn't have gone several years without visiting relatives."
"The more she acts this way, the more good fortune she possesses than we imagine, and the more she can instinctively avoid disaster. She's perfect as a sacrifice for my contracted beast-devouring technique!"
Brother Qi couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Father, since that's the case, why bother with all this trouble? Let's just have Second Brother tie her up and use her as bait!"
The three of them looked at Qi Banxian, who had been silent and kept his eyes lowered. "Little Immortal, you're smart, what do you think?"
Qi Banxian shrugged indifferently: "You can make the decision. But let me be clear, the Devouring Beast is an ancient divine beast. If we're not careful, we could all become its snacks."
Old Man Qi's face showed a hint of madness as he gritted his teeth and said, "Fortune favors the bold. Since we've encountered such a divine beast, it's an opportunity given to us by heaven. If we miss it, I'll regret it for the rest of my life!"
Brother Qi and Qi San nodded in agreement.
“Second brother, didn’t you see how down and out Yu Yiming was when he first came here? Now he’s using the Ji family as a stepping stone to become the first person in the surrounding area to return to the city, and he’s leaving with impressive titles like pest control expert, rice-fish farming expert, and anti-superstition pioneer.”
“We can imagine how bright his future will be once he leaves here, and how much good fortune he will absorb as he meets more people and rises in status…”
Just imagining such a thing happening to them made the Qi family members tremble with excitement.
Which man can resist fame and fortune?
"Second brother, what are you afraid of? Yu Yiming can contract a beast-devouring technique, so why can't we? Our Qi family used to be the most famous ghost-catching family!"
Old Man Qi's cold eyes were also fixed on Qi Banxian.
He continued to shrug and said, "Since you've all made up your minds, there's no point in me saying anything more. You'll just have to do as you're told!"
The group suppressed their excitement and began to plot.
As she left the forest, Ke Meiyu looked back, a cold glint in her eyes.
The talisman completely concealed her own good fortune, while everyone else appeared to her like light bulbs, radiating different colors and bright halos, much like pH test strips, allowing her to determine a person's fortune value based on these two indicators.
The "blessing value" is a comprehensive indicator. First, it is the degree of hardship a person is born with, also known as luck. Second, it is the cumulative value of a person's good and bad deeds.
The women and children of the Qi family did not come out; only four men discussed matters with her.
Apart from Qi Banxian, whose fortune value is a rare bright pink, the other three men all have murder cases on their hands!
Seeing that the sky was still dark, Ke Meiyu thought for a moment, then put an invisibility talisman on her body and headed straight for the educated youth settlement.
He'an Commune is quite good in terms of conditions in Shuliang Town. It has beautiful mountains and rivers, fertile land, and most importantly, excellent feng shui. Otherwise, the Ji family would not have chosen this place, which has been passed down for hundreds of years.
Many local gentry and landlords once lived here, and some even built their ancestral temples here.
The houses where the educated youth lived were the renovated ancestral temples, with high walls shielding them from the raging north winds of winter.
Ke Meiyu lightly leaped onto the top of the wall and came face to face with the little white figure in front of her.
That little guy was so beautiful and adorable, with a tiny, fluffy white body the size of a palm, and round, dark eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. He tilted his head, twitched his little nose, and stuck out his pink tongue.
Ke Meiyu dared not forget the ferocious nature of this little thing, which could fight dragons, and held her breath, not daring to move.
Perhaps it was because she was blessed with good fortune all the time that even after she affixed the talisman, some of it still remained, attracting the keen-nosed and greedy little creatures.
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